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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7718

14 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

P & P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and another [2016] EWHC 2276 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 15 (Oct)

Connaught Income Fund, Series 1 (in liquidation) v Hewetts Solicitors (a former firm) [2016] EWHC 2286 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Sep)

Abolishing renewal hearings may tackle the appeals backlog, but at what price? Richard Langley reports

Athelstane Aamodt examines the wonderfully British way in which an MP must leave Parliament

British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another [2016] EWCA Civ 983, [2016] All ER (D) 49 (Oct)

Middleton and another v Person Unknown or Persons Unknown [2016] EWHC 2354 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 85 (Sep)

The role of expert witness is less attractive as a result of recent litigation developments, says Mark Solon

Katrina Mather considers oral variations of licence

R (on the application of the Secretary of State) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Norfolk [2016] EWHC 2279 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 02 (Oct)

Geraldine Morris considers when applications within financial remedy proceedings should be heard separately

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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